Rescan a document

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Rescan a document

Use Microsoft Office Document Imaging to rescan previously scanned documents if you want to try a different scanning preset for better optical character recognition (OCR).

  1. Position the document on your scanner.
  2. On the File menu, click Scan New Document, and then select the desired options in the Microsoft Office Document Scanning dialog box.

    For more information about scanning options, click Help.

  3. Select the Original is double sided or Prompt for additional pages check boxes, if appropriate.

    For additional scanning options, click Preset options, and then click either Create new preset or Edit selected preset.

  4. Click Scan.

    If you selected the Original is double sided or Prompt for additional pages check boxes, the Microsoft Office Document Scanning dialog box reappears after each page is scanned.

  5. After the last page is scanned, click Done.